Early Tuesday last week, the Swedish government seized servers belonging to the longest living torrent site on the net, The Pirate Bay. It’s not the first time The Pirate Bay has dealt with government seizures, though the site has been shut down repeatedly, it has always come back online within hours or several days days. This time The Pirate Bay has not made a swift recovery, and looks to be the end of the road for the long lasting internet freedom machine.

With government censorship, comes hacktivism, and that’s just what the Anonymous collective did. The online hacktivists group in support of free speech and internet freedom took their thoughts to the Swedish government who took the site offline, leaking email account credentials (username/password) along with emails sent throughout the government service.

Not only did Anonymous hackers express their thoughts to the Swedish government, but they also hacked government email accounts of Brazil, India, Israel, and Mexico, but have not expressed their reasoning for other set of attacks.

In the pastebin of leaked documents, hackers left a message reading:

Emails Govt. Hacked by HagashTeam (especially Sweden) in retaliation for The pirate Bay!
Warning: Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all!! Bye :*

One member of Anonymous posted the news on Twitter, notifying the actions the group took:

BREAKING: Emails from Swedish government were hacked in retaliation for the seizure of servers of The Pirate Bay http://t.co/UaYiyQq5W9

Alongside the attack launched against the Swedish government, the Swedish Internet service provider Telia, also suffered an attack but no group or public statements were made from groups regarding the hack.

According to Swedish publisher, The Local, the Telia attack was launched and linked to the recent seizure of The Pirate Bay, “which experts say ‘provoked feelings’ among hackers.”

Telia suffered a massive DDoS attack mid Friday afternoon, hindering the service and their ability to stay online. Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, David Jacoby, said the attack likely stems from the police raid against the online torrent giant being raided early last week. Jacoby said the attack could have come from other hacktivists groups such as Lizard Squad who have been active recently.

Lizard Squad has been active as of late launching large-scale DDoS attacks against Sony and Microsoft taking their gaming servers offline. The squad generally takes to Twitter touting their latest attacks, yet they have not mentioned Telia, dissipating their chance for involvement.

However Jacoby stated “These attacks don’t come from nowhere. The Pirate Bay raid has provoked feelings in these groups,” he told TT news agency. “There will most likely be more similar attacks against film companies, games companies and public authorities,” he added.

The recent seizure of The Pirate Bay has sparked an Internet outrage, as the longest lasting file-sharing giant may have finally met its end, upsetting those in favor of internet freedom.